Tag Archives: Radiation Protection

The New ICRP Recommendations and Its Implications

Hariette A.W.

Last March 7, 2009, I attended the PARP 5th Biennial Convention at Cebu City. One of its main topic is the new International Commission on Radiation Protection (ICRP) Recommendations and Its Implications. Here’s an excerpt from the power point presentation given by Ms. Eulinia M. Valdezco from Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), who is also the present PARP National President: Note: If you want to have a PowerPoint presentation of the whole report…just leave me a message at the comment section and I will be glad to share it with you.

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PARP 5th Biennial Convention – Cebu Chapter

Hariette A.W.

The Philippine Association for Radiation Protection (PARP) – Cebu Chapter will hold their 5th Biennial Chapter Convention on 7 March 2009. The theme for the Convention is: “Meeting New Challenges in Radiation Protection: The New ICRP Recommendations”. PARP-Cebu aims to provide a medium by which its members can communicate more readily with others and through this process, advance the science of radiation protection. The peaceful applications of radiation in our country have continued to increase which brings to fore the need to draw greater consciousness of safety in the use of radiation. In this regard, the role that organizations like Click Here To Read More

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Radioactive Consumer Products (Part 3)

Hariette A.W.

This is the last part of the lists of Radioactive Consumer Products, but this does not mean that only the featured items here are radioactive. There are some other items that I have not yet stumbled into. Rest assured that if I found something new, I will immediately post it here. Incandescent Gas Lantern Mantles The thorium-containing incandescent mantle was invented in 1884 by Carl Auer von Welsbach, an Austrian chemist, and it is sometimes referred to as a ?Welsbach mantle? or ?Auerlicht.? This invention resulted in the first commercial use of the element thorium. Today, these mantles are generally Click Here To Read More

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